Vasa Museum tickets

The Vasa Museum in one minute

The Vasa Museum on Djurgården shows the warship Vasa, which sank on its maiden voyage on 10 August 1628, about 1,300 metres from where it set sail. It was raised in 1961, and over 98% of the original structure survives. An adult ticket costs €21 from May to September and €17 the rest of the year. Everyone under 18 enters free.

Plan 1.5 to 2 hours. The museum is cash-free, and a ticket bought in advance does not let you skip the queue, so the time of day matters more than where you buy. The Vasa Museum is included in the Stockholm Pass.

Tickets and prices

• Single ticket: €21 for adults in summer (May to September), €17 from October to April. Free for ages 0 to 18.
• Vasa + Vrak combo: one visit to each museum within 72 hours. On Headout it costs from €29.
• Guided tour with entry: from €55 on Headout. Note that the museum's own free 25-minute tours in English are included in every ticket.
• Stockholm Pass: covers the Vasa Museum and Vrak, plus Skansen, the Viking Museum and the Nordic Museum on the same island.

The museum states plainly that pre-purchased tickets give no priority in the queue. Buying online saves you the payment at the desk, not the line.

When to go

The museum's own advice: weekday afternoons from Monday to Thursday are calmest. In summer, come between 8:30 and 10:00 or after 16:00. Mornings, lunchtime and weekends are busiest, and Saturdays most of all. Even in high season the queue usually takes no longer than 20 to 30 minutes.

• June to August: daily 8:30 to 18:00.
• September to May: daily 10:00 to 17:00, Wednesdays until 20:00.
• Closed on 24 and 25 December; 31 December 10:00 to 15:00.

What you see inside

The 69-metre ship stands in a hall built around it, and you walk around it on several levels, from the keel to above the top deck. Around the ship, exhibitions cover how it was built, why it sank, life on board and the salvage. A film of about 17 minutes runs in Swedish, English, German and French.

The free guided tours last about 25 minutes. In English they start once an hour between 10:30 and 15:30 from September to May, and twice an hour between 9:30 and 16:00 in summer. A free audio guide runs on your own phone, so bring headphones. The temporary exhibition "James Cameron: Challenging the Deep" runs until September 2027.

There are no lockers and large bags are not allowed. The hall is kept at 18 to 20 °C, so bring a sweater even in summer.

Getting there

• Tram 7 from the city centre to the stop Nordiska museet/Vasamuseet, the easiest way.
• Djurgården ferry line 82 from Slussen or line 80 from Nybroplan to Allmänna gränd, then about 8 minutes on foot. Both run all year on a normal SL ticket.
• Bus 67 to the same stop as the tram.
• On foot about 30 minutes from the city centre.

The address is Galärvarvsvägen 14. The hop-on hop-off bus and boat both stop at the Vasa Museum.

Vrak, the Museum of Wrecks

Vrak sits by the water between the Vasa Museum and Gröna Lund, a few minutes' walk away. It tells the story of the Baltic Sea wrecks with immersive films, the wreck Resande Man that sank in 1660, and virtual dives. It was named Museum of the Year 2026. An adult ticket costs €16, under-18s go free, and it opens daily 10:00 to 17:00, Wednesdays until 20:00. With the combo ticket or the Stockholm Pass it adds an hour to a Djurgården day for little or no extra cost.

Ticket or Stockholm Pass?

If the Vasa Museum is your only paid sight that day, buy a single ticket. If you add Skansen, Vrak or a boat tour, the pass usually costs less: a Djurgården day with the Vasa Museum, Skansen, the Viking Museum and the Royal Canal Tour adds up to about €89 in single tickets, against €84 for a 1-day pass. Children never need a ticket here, so a child pass is not worth it for the Vasa Museum alone. The pass calculator checks your own plan.